The letter was very long, it took seven or eight matches to barely read it, after reading it, the three of them glanced at Brother Xiaowu with a sympathetic look, and then sat on the ground, no one spoke, Yuanmei opened her mouth a few times, and finally swallowed it back, the second master smoked, was silent for a long time and suddenly said: "Do you say that Zeng Rourou can believe it?" ”

This seems to be the most basic question, but it is the most difficult to answer, after a while, Yuanmei said: "I think it's credible, it's already come to this place, she doesn't need to lie to us." ”

I picked up a dry branch the size of my little finger from the ground, lit it, stuck it in the ground, and read the letter from beginning to end by the faint light of the fire.

It is more appropriate to say that it is not so much a letter as a message, there is no format for a letter, and the beginning is straightforward: "I know that you are still in Autumn City, and the purpose of writing this letter is to tell you that Zeng Weiguo's army will arrive here in less than ten days, and if you want to get something and retreat, you must be fast, of course, I will do my best to hold them back."

This is not to help you, but to help myself, all kinds of things I have done in the past are caused by not knowing the truth, and sometimes I can't help myself, and now Zeng Weiguo is in collusion with the Japanese regardless of the current national crisis, which is despicable, not only me, almost everyone hates this matter, for this reason, all the personnel in the base, except for me, all changed to other armies, of course, I also know that Zeng Weiguo is just following the order of the sixth, but no matter what, I am a soldier, followed by a member of the military command.

And as far as I know, Higashino Heihachiro has already reported this to the Japanese military headquarters, and the military department has also secretly sent troops to assemble here, and it seems that it is inevitable, so after you get the things, the farther you go, the better, and the safety of the country is in this move.

Longchang is an extraordinary place, I hope you must be careful, and don't investigate No. 6 again, this is undoubtedly an egg hitting a stone, provoking a fire, after you read the letter, please put the person who sent the letter back overnight, my people will solve it, and I won't bother you.

Finally, I wish the horse success and spread its wings and fly high. ”

The second master stood up, untied Brother Xiaowu, patted him on the shoulder, handed over a cigarette, and lit it for him personally: "Let's go, brother, my brother has something to live with, and I have to bear with me." ”

Brother Xiaowu was stunned, smoked two puffs of cigarettes, walked out of the woods step by step, and ran to Qiucheng, the second master kept his eyes out of sight, turned around and said: "It doesn't matter if she is true or not, how to go, how to go, what to do so much." ”

Yuan Mei nodded after listening, the second master and I dug out the equipment, he carefully checked the two box cannons, and finally gave the new box cannon to Yuan Mei, and the previous one was left to himself, and the three of them packed up and began to rest in the order they slept before, preparing for tomorrow's trip to Longchang.

When Yuanmei woke me up, it was already dawn, and the three of them simply ate some dry food, cut a few branches to make torches, in case of emergency, packed up and walked on the avenue, heading for Longchang.

The further you go, the higher the grass on the avenue, and the surrounding woods are much sparser, and most of them are no more than the thickness of your arms, curved, and covered with tumor scars, and the people who look at it feel very uncomfortable, although there are waist-high weeds around, but you can't hear a bird call and insect chirp, except for the occasional rustle of the wind blowing the weeds, there is silence.

Near noon, the sun was shining on the people who couldn't open their eyes, the moisture on the ground was baked, the eyes of the steaming people were black, the kettle had already seen the bottom, the mouth was sticky, the throat and eyes were smelling of blood, and the three people were like three pack horses, carrying equipment on their backs, and they just walked forward with their heads down without saying a word.

Until the afternoon, I saw a huge stone erected on the side of the road, on which the two big characters of "Longchang" were written with a red pen, the word was written vigorously and powerfully, the dragon flew and the phoenix danced, and I couldn't say whether I was excited or nervous when I saw these two words, and at the same time I met this stone, the sky suddenly became gloomy, and then a cold wind carried the fishy smell of rain to my face, blowing on the clothes that had already been soaked with sweat, and I couldn't help but shiver, but my spirit was also shocked.

After the stone and walked dozens of steps, the avenue stretched straight all the way down, plunged into a huge white fog, at this time condescending, but saw that the white fog covered an area about ten miles wide, this place is deeply surrounded by mountains, no wonder only this road can enter and exit, it seems that under the white fog is Longchang Town.

The white fog is like a pool of stagnant water, covered there motionlessly, so that people can't see the specific location of the town at all, from their tightly locked brows, presumably like me, was also startled by this white fog, indeed, this can be said to be the biggest fog I have ever seen in such a big life, in broad daylight can cover a town so tightly, it seems that this Longchang is really a dangerous place, but it has come here, there is no room to turn back, Longtan or Tiger's Den, just bite it head.

The three people were tense all over, cautiously marching towards the dense fog, when they reached the edge of the dense fog, the three people lit the torches, Yuanmei and the second master held the gun, I pulled out the sword, and I was afraid that the fog was too big, and I was afraid of the danger of scattering, I untied the cloth belt on the waist one by one, through Yuanmei, the front was tied to the waist of the second master, and the back was tied to me, each buckle was not tied to death, so that in case of danger, you can break free at any time, they turned on the bolt safety, and the three looked at each other to see if the other party was tidy, nodded, and walked into the white fog.

A large amount of water vapor in the white mist hit the body, as if it was drizzling, and the whole body quickly became wet, and after a while, water droplets slipped down from the sword, and the torch kept shaking, making a squeaky sound, it seemed that it couldn't last long, but I wasn't very worried, the torch couldn't shine far in this white fog at all, except for courage, it was almost useless, and it was extinguished when it was extinguished, thinking of this, simply threw away the torch and freed up one hand.

The whole terrain all the way down, even if we go slowly, it is much faster than on the flat ground, walk for a long time, and do not find any real danger, but the more we walk, the thicker the fog, so thick that I can't even see Yuanmei one step away, in the thick fog, as if the air has been extracted, even if the mouth is wide open to breathe, the lungs are still uncomfortable, the surrounding death-like silence, even their footsteps can not be heard, only their own rapid breathing and drum-like heartbeat sound.

The more I walked, the more I felt difficulty breathing, the suppressed pain in my lungs, as if there was an invisible big hand, stuck in my neck, Longchang is really a place where there is no return, could it be that the army of four or five hundred people who came over during the Qingming Festival were all suffocated here? Thinking of this, I couldn't help but panic, if I can't get out of the fog forward, I'm afraid that I will be in danger of suffocation at any time, and now turn around and go back, there should be a slight chance of survival, thinking of this, I quickly pulled the belt tied around my waist, just pulled it twice, and the other end of the belt drooped softly, this! What is the situation!

While collecting my belt, I shouted the names of the second master and Yuanmei, the voice hit the mist, as if a heavy fist hit cotton, I couldn't wear it at all, I was anxious to run fast, hoping to catch up with them, because I couldn't see my feet clearly, and I stumbled several times and almost fell.

Suddenly, my eyes lit up, the shaking person couldn't see anything clearly, I ran too fast, couldn't brake the car, and hit a person solidly, I closed my eyes for a moment, and then opened it, the second master's wide back appeared in front of me, I looked at him with relief, he didn't look back at me, but stood side by side with Yuanmei, looking ahead in a daze, I looked up at the sky, the sun was in the sky, the breeze was blowing, and the dampness on the body was swept away, which made people feel refreshed.

I wondered what they were looking at, so I walked around and followed their gaze forward, and I was stunned for a moment.

In front of you is a piece of paddy field, the golden rice in it has matured, people are bending down to harvest, children are running and playing on the ridges, the bigger ones are carrying bamboo baskets to catch fish in the paddy field, laughter, shouting endlessly, over the paddy field, rows of wooden small buildings are arranged in an orderly manner, although the distance is far, but you can still see the bluestone paved street, the crowd with bamboo baskets on their backs, coming and going, bustling, and even faintly can hear the shouting and selling of the shopkeeper or the merchant.

Looking down, a little girl of four or five years old, wearing floral cloth clothes and pants, combing braids, holding a piece of rice candy in her hand, flashing bright big eyes, staring at us curiously, the second master stupidly barked at her, and the child shouted: "Grandma! Screaming, he turned and ran away.

This shout pulled us back to reality, the second master was a little embarrassed and smirked at us, Yuanmei took the lead in walking towards the town, I followed behind, while walking, while looking at the town, I couldn't help muttering in my heart: Who said that this Longchang is a sinister place? Did we go wrong and run to another town? Or is it? Thinking of this, I pinched my thigh hard, and a piercing pain made me realize that this was not a dream or hallucination after I passed out.

When we passed through the ridges, those who were working in the fields all raised their heads, looked at us curiously, their eyes were exactly the same as the little girl, I smiled and nodded at them, they neither returned the salute, nor dodged, still looked curiously, I couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, then I noticed that their outfits were very strange, in fact, they couldn't be said to be strange, but they were very old, the women still had high buns, and the men had shaved heads, with a big braid behind them, like a Manchu old man. I can't imagine that this is like this, the Qing Dynasty has been dead for decades, the emperor has gone to the northeast, established the puppet Manchurian, and even retains the dress at that time, no wonder, poor and remote, inconvenient transportation, and poor natural information, but in this way, it is also happy and clean, at least don't worry about which president ascends the throne today, and the commander will take the throne tomorrow.

Looking around, I feel that this is really a good place to escape from the world, and I can't help but suspect in my heart, those people who came before may not have disappeared as rumored by the outside world, but have set up camp here and multiplied, maybe these are their people, and as for the army of four or five hundred people, I am afraid that nine times out of ten they are lost in the fog, after all, the fog here is so big during the day, and they are in the evening when they come, and they don't know where to go.

As soon as we stepped on the bluestone paved street, the pedestrians on the street cheered and surrounded us, as if looking at monsters, standing far away, pointing and muttering, Yuanmei asked in a loud voice: "May I ask where the town office is?" ”

No one paid attention to her at all, she asked loudly again, people were still not far away, as if they couldn't understand what she was talking about, the second master was anxious, and shouted loudly: "What are you looking at?" Damn, what are you asking, where is the town office! ”

Before the words fell, an old man's voice shouted outside: "The strong man is angry! ”